A Race to Melt Hearts

He sighed, patting my head for the nth time. As he stood and take a few steps to reach the corner to open the door that leads to the terrace. Cool breeze enters the room, giving us a refreshing feeling. He take a look at the gardens beneath him, the sun is shining through the beautiful pavilion below, he said it was our mother who cultivated and nurtured that part of the ancestral home. From where I am seated, I could clearly see his pain.

"Several years ago when food was scarce people greed for power; power to control, power to rule, power to change, power for abundance, power for money or acquire the devil's power. We are one of the blessed kin, and so we thank God for it. But betrayal existed. Uncle Shen and Aunt Zhen schemed behind our parents' backs.

They plotted against us, taking you away and that alone broke our mother. Father tried his hardest to find you but they poisoned him. Slowly killing his body, but father was knowledgeable about poisoning. He made ways to slower the scattering of the poison.

Uncle made sure to fully cripple our father. He even tried to scheme to get the list of properties that we possess, taking advantage of our weakest state. But our mother was once a wise woman, putting every luxury we have to yours and my name, the inheritance won't be possible if we both died.

I was barely 7 years old and you were 4. To be left alone with a broken mother and an ill father made it almost impossible for me to grip life back. Grandfather doted on me as the eldest legal son and grandson of Ming's main family. So they pursued me.

Gifted with knowledge and expertise I took over the household at the age of 17, but at my darkest nights, the thought of you became my strength. The thought of seeing you again made me fight till the end. When I have matured enough to decide for my own and took over the company, I did work my a** to sue them for fraud and kidnapping. The evidences that I gained through time were my triumph cards to win. so In the end they payed the price and they were sentenced to death, but it wasn't enough retribution."